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Show 640 operated stern wheel and propeller boats on a river . . ( R . . 2456 . ) ) The best stage for operation of boat on Colorado River when a flood ran by ; flood ( -would would ) take out bars ; ; best going was next few days after a flood . . August is low water season ; flood from ( t1lun- t1lun ) derstorm ( would -would would ) come down , and would run by , take a day to TUU , , while going by would clean all sand out ; ; for four or five days channel would be fairly clean of troublesome bars . River would rise a foot per hour sometimes during flood . ( R . . 2456-2457 . . ) After flood , would have to pick way behind , , get line out and go over , or get out and push over ; make a mile or two per hour , going as fast as they could ; would only make a mile or two miles per hour going ap river . . Going up river hardest physical work , but easier to keep boat free from bars and rocks . . Power boat has to keep headed straight into current ; if boat gets sideways , it turns or heads for shore ; lost a ( min-Lite minLite ) you drift back more than you can make fifteen minutes . ( R . 2458 . . ) Channel never the same from one week to another ; would fincl dozens of bars in places where he bad gone over before ; ; sudden or low rise would vash out channels and bars ; different ( con- con ) ditions . . ( R . . 2459 ) Where river quiet , a bar ( -will will ) form . . Water swift at ( right-angle rightangle ) bends , on ( left- left ) hand side no bar , water cuts bar out , on other bank bar would run out . Water so swift ( can't cant ) up in |